7/26/2023 0 Comments Type o negative discography![]() The six double barrel LPs will be pressed on 140 gram custom Green and Black mixed color vinyl, matched to the band-approved color we recently used for the re-release of “Bloody Kisses”. Remastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Studios with lacquers cut by Chris Muth for maximum band-approved fidelity, this Deluxe set has received the Run Out Groove make-over. This is set Type O Negative fans have been begging for! Shipping in September and limited to 5,000 copies worldwide. The mammoth set includes World Coming Down as well as Life Is Killing Me, both currently unavailable on vinyl, as well as the original and controversial cover art for The Origin of Feces (Not Live At Brighton Beach). Will we ever see a return to that sound? Do we need a few more years before they’re considered “retro” and therefore deemed worthy to emulate? Are there bands out there already doing this, just waiting for the black lipstick and pale skin crowd to notice? Let me know.For Record Store Day Black Friday 2011, Roadrunner Records released the legendary Type O Negative’s None More Negative 12xLP box set in a run of only 1000 copies that included the band’s six Roadrunner studio albums on translucent green vinyl with a set of Type O bumper stickers. A band such as this shouldn’t just fade away. While I wouldn’t want to see a new band come along and just copy everything that made Type O Negative great, I do feel that there has been a gap in the music world since Peter Steele’s passing 5 years ago. The question that must be asked then is “Why are there no bands out there that sound like Type O Negative.” Is Peter Steele impossible to channel? Were they too funny? Was Type O Negative too unique? Is there nowhere else to go with that sound? Is the music just for cynical adults and that’s why young bands aren’t influenced by them? I’m not sure if there is a correct answer to that question. We know they don’t, but it seems to be very difficult for people to peg down other bands that truly sound like Type O Negative. My Dying Bride? Danzig? Moonspell? Dark, brooding, and depressing bummer music to be sure, but do they really sound like Type O Negative? No, they don’t. People all over the world know these “Four dicks from Brooklyn”.Ī google search of “Bands that sound like Type O Negative” doesn’t yield a lot of good results. I mean, they had an entire special on Headbanger’s Ball back in 1996. They created a theme song for the WWE wrestler Kane and have live report write-ups in Rolling Stone. Same with appearing on the Howard Stern show and Jerry Springer. They have an extensive discography, toured the world, and appeared on MTV when that still mattered. So where are the Type O Negative worship bands? It’s not like ToN were one-and-done for albums. Even more contemporary and modern acts like Killswitch Engage clearly have younger bands aping their style and following their lead. So how can a band so creative and beloved not have a legion of bands following in their footsteps? We hear all the time about newer bands being “ Sabbath worship” or “ Iron Maiden worship”. That can be attributed to many aspects of the band, whether it be Peter Steele’s unique and powerful voice, the creepy tone-setting keys of Josh Silver, the band’s ability to be slow and heavy and fast and vicious in the same song, or their undeniable sense of humor. You always know when you’re listening to a Type O Negative song which is not something you can say for many metal bands. While I hesitate to say that Type O Negative are universally loved, they are very respected and well-liked by large swaths of the metal community. Hungry for Cinnamon buns? Listen to their cover of “Cinnamon Girl”. It’s getting chilly out? Time to listen to Type O Neg and get bummed. ![]() Their gothic sound and themes of sadness and death fit in well with the graying skies, dying leaves, and general sense of “ah, fuck everything.” It’s October? Time to listen to October Rust. In recent years, Type O Negative seem to have become the de facto autumn/fall band for the metal world. Unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of fading away. ![]()
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